I encourage WebTeam members to submit entries for this blog. br /br /Here is one from Dan Packman (alias Stein Lager). I feel his pain.br /br /br /Stein is enjoying a working vacation in Wisconsin, taking stock of thebr /countless orange construction cones and abundance of overweightbr /mid-westerners. Curious and bored, he checks the local run racebr /calendar, which is brimming with local events. Alas, there is a fullbr /moon 5k this evening, just a stones throw from the hotel. Having notbr /run 1 step since November, Stein knows he will be in for some pain.br /The ski training running routine must start somewhere, so he lays downbr /a $20 in exchange for a race # and goodie bag. Eyeing the hordes ofbr /frothing high school xc runners, Stein lines up near the front andbr /sets off. Mile 1 goes by effortlessly in 5:25,at his best 5/10k pacebr /when he run trains. Stein eases off the gas to a pedestrian-like 6:00br /pace and cruises in with the 3rd woman at a sub-6 pace. Not too badbr /for his 2009 running debut. Stein hobbles the 1k back to the hotel forbr /cold bath and a colder beer.br /br /– br /Mr. Dan Packmandiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6589659500745667109-7189415069441572198?l=www.webskis.com%2Fwebskisblog.html’ alt=” //div
Category: XCFeeds
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More Camp Pics
Jordan finishes up a 50km roll along Turnagain Arm
The boys crew (or most of them)
The final evening as the final part of our week-long intra-team competition, we had an ‘airband’ competition.
It’s interesting to see what these kids come up with when given an opportunity to be creative!
'Stacey's Mom'
Bananas and Bongos or something…
"1, 2, 3, 4…
…Everybody do the Jane Fonda."
I don't remember the song on this one, but…
…it was definitely the winner – you had to be there to fully understand
We finished the evening up with some cake for Brandy’s birthday.
Blowing bubbles and hanging out while waiting to load the vehicles Monday morning
Goodbye Girdwood… til next summer…
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Fun in the Northwoods/Birkie Master’s Camp
The last time I wrote was in the middle of our speed block at the Hayward camp in July. Needless to say I survived my first speed block : ) and it wasn’t even as bad as I thought it would be! I have to see how I feel after a second, but I think I liked having so much intensity jammed into one week; it made me feel like I was getting some really good training in.
After the Hayward camp, I spent about a week in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, training with my boyfriend, Kevin Patzoldt, who is a biathlete. We got some really good training in (though my week was pretty small since it was a rest week after our intensity block), while also attending a wedding and spending a day or two on the lake swimming and fishing on off days. Once I left Grand Rapids, I drove back to Ely for about a week, where I spent time with my parents, worked, and of course got some more solid training in. The week in Ely just flew by, and by the time I knew it I was traveling back to the Cable/Hayward area to help coach at the Birkie Master’s Camp August 7th through the 9th. Throughout the camp there were several technique sessions, evening lectures, and even one videoing/analyzing session. Matt Liebsch and I also led a trail run and bounding/ski walking session Saturday afternoon. A planned 1:30 trail run quickly turned into a 2:15 session…yeah…Matt and I aren’t from the area ; ). But the run was great, and luckily we didn’t make TOO many wrong turns in the woods, thanks to a GPS unit on a heart rate monitor that Aaron, one of the masters, had!
All in all the camp was great! I learned a lot about coaching and found even more respect for my coaches for all of the hard work they put in every day. I am very thankful for the experience and also for the chance I had to meet so many talented and hardworking master skiers from the area. I look forward to looking up their results in the next Birkie!
Now it’s off to Ironwood, Michigan for another CXC Team Vertical Limit training camp. Kuzzy and I are taking off from Cresthill Resort in a little less than an hour.
Enjoying the view of Lake Superior
James and Kelly Letson
Unfortunately, wedding season is over. I am back in Marquette after a wonderful vacation to Colorado. James and Kelly’s wedding was awesome. Everyone had a blast, and I was honored to be part of such a beautiful event. The Ahern and Letson families sure know how to throw a party. It was also great to see so many good college friends that have left Marquette. I was dancing so hard that I did not take any pictures. Here are a bunch of pictures courtesy of Mikey New. I will put up some more good ones when I get a hold of them.
Bachelorette Party
Maria, Kelly, Tanya, and Annie at wedding site
The stunning bride and groom (James and Kelly)
Mikey, Jill, Bob, and Shane
Shane, Maria, and Tami
Mother and daughter tearing it up
Mikey in the center of the floor (red shirt)
What was the video producer thinking when the soundtrack was…
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Annual Forced March, Allen Mtn
div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SoAvDFrDcDI/AAAAAAAACPk/ZauVFPV1cEU/s1600-h/P8020267.jpg”The Mud Monster/abr //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SoAvDFrDcDI/AAAAAAAACPk/ZauVFPV1cEU/s1600-h/P8020267.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SoAvDFrDcDI/AAAAAAAACPk/ZauVFPV1cEU/s400/P8020267.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368342485934501938″ //abr /div style=”text-align: center;”Summit Photo/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SoAuHvUE0xI/AAAAAAAACPM/b3OQfj5U7yM/s1600-h/P8020259.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SoAuHvUE0xI/AAAAAAAACPM/b3OQfj5U7yM/s400/P8020259.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368341466320261906″ //adiv style=”text-align: center;”Early am Before Summit Assault/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SoAuHUr4IxI/AAAAAAAACPE/S4DuF-FQ9YM/s1600-h/P8020240.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SoAuHUr4IxI/AAAAAAAACPE/S4DuF-FQ9YM/s400/P8020240.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368341459172336402″ //aEach summer I drag my family out to climb some of the Adirondack High Peaks. This year it was Allen Mtn. Details about previous years “Adventures” classified due to the fifth amendment and the ongoing and future investigations by Social and Kids Protective Services. We hiked in to where the herd path starts getting there around dusk made dinner, slept, then up at O’Dark hundred to break down camp and climb Allen Mtn in a rain storm. It is amazing what kids are capable of. One of my kids was convinced that slippery moss on the stream beds was really a 2,000 ft water slide. Especially when there with the guy who answers “Tell someone who cares.” To all comments. On the way down my crew sustained an attack by a mud spewing monster. br /div style=”text-align: center;”Second Mud Monster/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SoAuIP9LfhI/AAAAAAAACPc/CP2I1e5d15c/s1600-h/P8020270.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SoAuIP9LfhI/AAAAAAAACPc/CP2I1e5d15c/s400/P8020270.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368341475082599954″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6647112093689702615-8029785743104303923?l=www.jackedupoldman.com’ alt=” //div
Canada Wrap Up
div style=”text-align: center;”br //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-VHVavq9I/AAAAAAAAAG8/pinryU7TDrU/s1600-h/IMG_1466.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 117px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-VHVavq9I/AAAAAAAAAG8/pinryU7TDrU/s320/IMG_1466.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368173234089864146″ //ap class=”MsoNormal”We have just returned from our week long camp inspan style=”mso-spacerun: yes” /spanthe Squamish/Vancouver area. After four good days of training in Squamish, we moved back to the wet land of Vancouver for the remainder of the week./pp class=”MsoNormal”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WSQrSL_I/AAAAAAAAAHc/dw-pBuBt0Zg/s1600-h/IMG_1480.JPG”img src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WSQrSL_I/AAAAAAAAAHc/dw-pBuBt0Zg/s320/IMG_1480.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368174521307246578″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 320px; ” //a/pp class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”I/spanspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”ce baths after the hard workou/span/pp class=”MsoNormal”Jim and Sharon Bishop were nice enough to let as use their house to live in while they are in Winthrop for the summer. The last couple days were very successful for the four of us. Learning to get around the traffic and finding our destinations were often times the hardest parts of the workout./pp class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align: center;”object width=”320″ height=”266″ class=”BLOG_video_class” id=”BLOG_video-ba01ef1cb69758d3″ classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAABqQx1oQmSnIaATdhug8I94H4T21xjQc5XWd4lLUaYvbnwtVbzzvg4maD6CcGjkcjq4DUZrKowmnLIWs7vbeo_sGwc14SGmrrsFnV10eHNMZNhwmfD813aYYdeTOdo2KAWQbdYMh6ZufWyIYUpkkjCaafxFqs3lYicT7GSmn0peg967hArz2bImf8KvigTHX3brgdRl6hNfMIEEjr9ZuRdbnuPyMqH-Sy6U6X1XJXV8o%26sigh%3DL_2b3N5xURqJFHLlCrMl-dxJp0I%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0amp;nogvlm=1amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dba01ef1cb69758d3%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DQPFDE-dv0pD1Rnlov-PmW9kiYxcamp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den”param name=”bgcolor” value=”#FFFFFF”embed width=”320″ height=”266″ src=”http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAABqQx1oQmSnIaATdhug8I94H4T21xjQc5XWd4lLUaYvbnwtVbzzvg4maD6CcGjkcjq4DUZrKowmnLIWs7vbeo_sGwc14SGmrrsFnV10eHNMZNhwmfD813aYYdeTOdo2KAWQbdYMh6ZufWyIYUpkkjCaafxFqs3lYicT7GSmn0peg967hArz2bImf8KvigTHX3brgdRl6hNfMIEEjr9ZuRdbnuPyMqH-Sy6U6X1XJXV8o%26sigh%3DL_2b3N5xURqJFHLlCrMl-dxJp0I%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0amp;nogvlm=1amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dba01ef1cb69758d3%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DQPFDE-dv0pD1Rnlov-PmW9kiYxcamp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”/embed/object /pp class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align: center;”We got in two very successful rollerski vertical workouts skiing up to the two local alpine ski areas, Seymour and Cyprus. Unfortunately the weather was a little wet, creating a fog that made it impossible to see more than 8 feet in front of you. As we punched out our last ten minutes of 30-30 intervals I got the feeling of winter racing in a snowstorm.br //pp class=”MsoNormal”br //pp class=”MsoNormal”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-Zw5TjllI/AAAAAAAAAIE/3fSWDTAXduU/s1600-h/IMG_1518.JPG”img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-Zw5TjllI/AAAAAAAAAIE/3fSWDTAXduU/s320/IMG_1518.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368178346144536146″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px; ” //a/pp class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;” Sadie coming through the fog/span/pp class=”MsoNormal”One afternoon we decided to mix it up and try some new training. We spent the afternoon venturing over to the Olympic speed skating oval in Richmond. The four of us ripped around the oval trying to use our Nordic skiing skating skills to propel us along the ice. Let me tell you, the two sports may look very similar in their movements, but the techniques behind them are very different. /pp class=”MsoNormal”br //pp class=”MsoNormal”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WXNyUm2I/AAAAAAAAAHk/J8_FIcaRxE4/s1600-h/sadie+and+sam.jpg”img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WXNyUm2I/AAAAAAAAAHk/J8_FIcaRxE4/s320/sadie+and+sam.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368174606430804834″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //a/pp class=”MsoNormal”!–StartFragment– /pp class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”Sam catching a ride/span/pp class=”MsoNormal”We tried to pick up on the things the instructors were teaching the new skaters, and finally at the end got one of them to give us a short one-minute explanation of the basics of the movements and how to take the corners. I now understand why speed skaters all have huge quads. That sport is a serious leg workout! Along with the speed skating rink there was also a huge gym in the building, so we got in a good strength workout after warming up the legs on the rink. To end our day, on our way home we drove through the heart of the city and walked around downtown doing some window-shopping and people watching./pp class=”MsoNormal”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WtjaoYLI/AAAAAAAAAH8/ElnIdKPAYr4/s1600-h/skating+fixed.jpg”img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WtjaoYLI/AAAAAAAAAH8/ElnIdKPAYr4/s320/skating+fixed.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368174990194139314″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 294px; ” //a/pp class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”S/spanspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”am, Sadie and Erik Speed Skating/span/pp class=”MsoNormal” Throughout the week we got in several good intensity sessions, a good long volume session on the last day, and a nice variety in our training. It was a great opportunity for training, but also a good reminder of what we are aiming for. Being surrounded by the hype of the Olympics was a nice reminder of our goals and why we need to be focused and ready to go every day and every workout. While we were downtown we got to watch the Olympic clock tick down…. 215 days until the start of the 2010 Olympic Games!/pdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-V5Ht2D1I/AAAAAAAAAHM/kRmk-cB1ngk/s1600-h/IMG_1441.JPG”br //a/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WbGr3cYI/AAAAAAAAAHs/ExKG7fwf_CI/s1600-h/sam+fixed.jpg”img src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WbGr3cYI/AAAAAAAAAHs/ExKG7fwf_CI/s320/sam+fixed.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368174673244156290″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px; ” //aa onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WnCH15OI/AAAAAAAAAH0/JNHIwrQ9ABI/s1600-h/Skate+Sadie.jpg”img src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/Sn-WnCH15OI/AAAAAAAAAH0/JNHIwrQ9ABI/s320/Skate+Sadie.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368174878177748194″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //a!–StartFragment– !–EndFragment– p/pp/pp/p !–EndFragment–div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2910103639238326543-7869445994254261408?l=methowolympicdevelopment.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
Rollerskiing and Realskiing
We had our first rollerski race on Saturday. Even though it was super low key I realized that it had been forever since I’d put on a race bib. All this training sometimes gets in the way of racing! I set a PR by three seconds. Which is a very small PR, but still my fastest time over this course so far! I would also like to point out that there were more girls racing than boys. I’m liking the gender equality that I’m seeing these days in skiing.
The type of rollerski is listed along with the results because rollerskis can have drastically different speeds depending on the bearings and the wheels.
Sunday we head into the glacier for another week. Hopefully we have some snow.
This photo is shot from down glacier. The facility sits on the ridge in the middle-left of the photo and the ski trails we use go from there off to the right. We stay high up on the glacier because once you get closer to the foreground the slope gets much steeper and the cravasses get much more intense. The ash has made for some unique melting this summer and you can very clearly see how variable the weather is up there. The patches of white snow are where there’s been snowfall recently. When we’re out skiing we can go from sunshine to snowstorm or white-out as we move around the course.
Rollerskiing and Realskiing
We had our first rollerski race on Saturday. Even though it was super low key I realized that it had been forever since I’d put on a race bib. All this training sometimes gets in the way of racing! I set a PR by three seconds. Which is a very small PR, but still my fastest time over this course so far! I would also like to point out that there were more girls racing than boys. I’m liking the gender equality that I’m seeing these days in skiing.
The type of rollerski is listed along with the results because rollerskis can have drastically different speeds depending on the bearings and the wheels.
Sunday we head into the glacier for another week. Hopefully we have some snow.
This photo is shot from down glacier. The facility sits on the ridge in the middle-left of the photo and the ski trails we use go from there off to the right. We stay high up on the glacier because once you get closer to the foreground the slope gets much steeper and the cravasses get much more intense. The ash has made for some unique melting this summer and you can very clearly see how variable the weather is up there. The patches of white snow are where there’s been snowfall recently. When we’re out skiing we can go from sunshine to snowstorm or white-out as we move around the course.
Rollerskiing and Realskiing
We had our first rollerski race on Saturday. Even though it was super low key I realized that it had been forever since I’d put on a race bib. All this training sometimes gets in the way of racing! I set a PR by three seconds. Which is a very small PR, but still my fastest time over this course so far! I would also like to point out that there were more girls racing than boys. I’m liking the gender equality that I’m seeing these days in skiing.
The type of rollerski is listed along with the results because rollerskis can have drastically different speeds depending on the bearings and the wheels.
Sunday we head into the glacier for another week. Hopefully we have some snow.
This photo is shot from down glacier. The facility sits on the ridge in the middle-left of the photo and the ski trails we use go from there off to the right. We stay high up on the glacier because once you get closer to the foreground the slope gets much steeper and the cravasses get much more intense. The ash has made for some unique melting this summer and you can very clearly see how variable the weather is up there. The patches of white snow are where there’s been snowfall recently. When we’re out skiing we can go from sunshine to snowstorm or white-out as we move around the course.
Rollerskiing and Realskiing
We had our first rollerski race on Saturday. Even though it was super low key I realized that it had been forever since I’d put on a race bib. All this training sometimes gets in the way of racing! I set a PR by three seconds. Which is a very small PR, but still my fastest time over this course so far! I would also like to point out that there were more girls racing than boys. I’m liking the gender equality that I’m seeing these days in skiing.
The type of rollerski is listed along with the results because rollerskis can have drastically different speeds depending on the bearings and the wheels.
Sunday we head into the glacier for another week. Hopefully we have some snow.
This photo is shot from down glacier. The facility sits on the ridge in the middle-left of the photo and the ski trails we use go from there off to the right. We stay high up on the glacier because once you get closer to the foreground the slope gets much steeper and the cravasses get much more intense. The ash has made for some unique melting this summer and you can very clearly see how variable the weather is up there. The patches of white snow are where there’s been snowfall recently. When we’re out skiing we can go from sunshine to snowstorm or white-out as we move around the course.
70 km ski to Putney
a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn9CIejITwI/AAAAAAAAAjs/Rrwwd3-8mdg/s1600-h/100_3403.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn9CIejITwI/AAAAAAAAAjs/Rrwwd3-8mdg/s320/100_3403.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368081994255716098″ //abr /Today we had 17 skiers ski from Londonderry to Putney. We had another great day (high in the 60’s) and managed the ski without any technical problems. The boys and Rosie added a couple of extra 5 km loops and that kept the group together perfectly through our short lunch break. Total ski length ranged from 65 to 75 km. Everyone did very well and enjoyed the sauna and swim at the end of the ski.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn85juMYznI/AAAAAAAAAjk/wJ8-cu2-Dvs/s1600-h/100_3402.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn85juMYznI/AAAAAAAAAjk/wJ8-cu2-Dvs/s320/100_3402.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368072566707113586″ //abr /Walker and the girls took an extra long lunch break at 40 kms (the Saxtons River Rec.).br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn84pzhX_KI/AAAAAAAAAjc/QCvVqm3u8xM/s1600-h/100_3409.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn84pzhX_KI/AAAAAAAAAjc/QCvVqm3u8xM/s320/100_3409.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368071571704904866″ //abr /Rosie took a lead at 60 kms and none of the boys complained.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn84Bn8ogVI/AAAAAAAAAjU/B7eFh2z_8fI/s1600-h/100_3410.JPG”img style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn84Bn8ogVI/AAAAAAAAAjU/B7eFh2z_8fI/s320/100_3410.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368070881403240786″ //abr /For some odd reason, there are several traditions associated with this ski. There is the “green jersey” awarded to the winner of the town and county line sprints (Austin Caldwell was this years winner) and the coveted yellow jersey awarded to the first person in the water. br /This year the lead group consisted of most of the boys and Rosie. They had skied 70 km when they hit West Hill and the last 4 km up to JC’s pond and sauna. Patrick decided to single stick the hill so the yellow jersey competition was wide open. Half way up the hill at Green Mtn Orchards, Doug, Bridger, Rosie and Austin pulled out in a small lead pack. Doug pushed the pace up the next set of hills and managed to get some distance on Rosie, but Bridger and Austin covered him easily and the three hit the last 1.5 km of rolling terrain together. Here Doug made a tactical error and gave up the lead. Bridger, who is the best sprinter, took the lead and slowed the pace to shorten the race. His tactic worked perfectly and when they hit the dirt road for the last 200 meters, Bridger sprinted ahead and was first to the pond (picture below shows Bridger’s feet, with Austin in hot pursuit).br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn81N7Dkg_I/AAAAAAAAAjM/RFCNmAx5ISo/s1600-h/100_3411.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn81N7Dkg_I/AAAAAAAAAjM/RFCNmAx5ISo/s320/100_3411.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368067794156159986″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn801iWnHZI/AAAAAAAAAjE/-ISee4ET2ck/s1600-h/100_3414.JPG”img style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn801iWnHZI/AAAAAAAAAjE/-ISee4ET2ck/s320/100_3414.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368067375208275346″ //abr / On the way home, the boys showed signs that they’d had a good workout.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn80KbaDh5I/AAAAAAAAAi8/Kcyh1QSIEY4/s1600-h/100_3416.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/Sn80KbaDh5I/AAAAAAAAAi8/Kcyh1QSIEY4/s320/100_3416.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368066634609297298″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-7317039903746592859?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’//div
Faster Skier – Road to Whistler
The Road to Whistler: Lindsey Dehlin
By Nat Herz · August 8th, 2009
This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series The Road to WhistlerLindsey Dehlin is already a veteran of two Olympic Games, having been selected to the U.S. teams in 2002 and 2006. In 2008, Dehlin won her first national championship, in the team sprint with Lindsay Williams. Last year, Dehlin took third place in the sprint at the U.S. National Championships in Anchorage, and eighth in the five k skate.
FasterSkier: You went to Northern Michigan University for four years, and now you’re back training with them-is that right?
Lindsey Dehlin: Actually, not quite. I haven’t graduated yet, but I skied for them and I went to school there for like six years. I have been training under Sten Fjeldheim this last summer. He’s been writing my plan, so they’ll pretty much be my club and team for this winter.
FS: How many hours are you training?
LD: For the year, I’ll be between about 650 to 675, about.
FS: Tell me a little bit about Sten Fjeldheim.
LD: He’s been doing it for a lot of years, writing plans and figuring out what works and what doesn’t. One thing that’s been a bit diff than the U.S. Ski Team (USST), is that I haven’t been doing as many level four intensities early in the summer. I’m just starting to get into them in the last few weeks, which is good, I think, because you don’t want to peak too soon.
A lot of his focus is on distance skiing, and skiing with good tech in distance sessions. He’s really big on doing specific strength, single-sticking and double poling and all that.
He’s also really big into make sure you’re training in the right zones-if I go out for a distance ski it should be in level one, and intervals should be in level three.
The USST wrote my plan for the last couple of years, and when I was in school, Sten was writing my plan. So I’m actually doing a lot of the workouts I was doing when I was in school. It’s kind of going back to what I know, and what has worked for me in the past.
FS: Until I went to college I’d never really heard about the U.P. (Upper Peninsula of Michigan), but everyone I’ve met from there makes it sound pretty awesome-what’s it like up there?
LD: I pretty much live on Lake Superior. Until my brother went to school here, I’d never really heard about the U.P. either. It’s just a great place to train-this summer has actually been very cool, which has been good for training, but not really for going to the beach. It’s a five minute run from my house to get right on single track trails. I can rollerski from my house, or drive 10 minutes and get to a totally different loop. There are lots of options out here.
FS: Looking at your Web site (redgroupracing.com), it seems like you have a pretty good handle on the business and sponsorship side of things. Is that the case, or are you having trouble with the economy?
LD: I can’t really take full credit for that-my husband Dan is really good at a lot of the business side of things, and doing the web site. He designed the whole thing and has been super good getting that running. My only responsibility is updating it.
As sponsors go, this is the third year I’ve had Ames Construction. It’s a construction company based out of the twin cities in Minnesota, and one of the owners is my great uncle. He is really big into any kind of sports-they did some construction work for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake, and he’s really big into helping athletes succeed. He’s sponsored a couple other people from the Twin Cities. He’s been really helpful and the company’s been great, supporting everything I do and basically paying my way to races and camps and funding all that I do.
FS: Your husband, Dan-he’s an ultramarathoner?
LD: Yeah, he runs ultramarathons. He actually just had knee surgery about seven weeks ago. He was supposed to go out and do Leadville at the end of this month, but he injured his knee earlier this spring so he won’t be doing that. Earlier this spring, before he was injured he won a 100k marathon-he’s getting into it really big.
FS: Do you guys get out to train together very often?
LD: Within the last week it’s been okay, he’s been classic rollerskiing a couple of times. When he’s not injured, we train together quite a bit because he’s actually a cross country skier a little bit, enough to be able to join me on rollerski workouts, and I can do distance runs with him, which is great.
FS: It looks like you’re targeting the Olympics for this year, right?
LD: That’s the plan for this winter. I’ll be doing the SuperTour schedule, and then U.S. Nationals, and then hopefully from there going up to whistler. That’s the ultimate goal for this season.
FS: Can you tell me about the first couple of times you got to go?
LD: In 2002 it was really cool, because I was 17, a senior in high school, pretty young, and when my coach at the time, Kevin Brockman, told me I might have a shot I was like “yeah, okay.” And then when I made the team I was like, ‘he was actually right.’ It was super cool being at the opening ceremonies-it’s totally different than watching it on TV. It was just an amazing experience. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to race there-I was an alternate, so I was able to watch, which was still pretty cool, but it made me want to race even more. And then when I made it to Torino in 2006 it was still just as cool. I remember when I got the call, I was driving back to Marquette from Minnesota with my mom. I got the call in my car and I was really sick-I had just gotten a cold-but I was just so excited to hear that, and it was really cool because Lindsay Williams made the team with me, and we had trained together all fall and all winter. It was super cool to have so many people from the Northern [Michigan University] program make the team.
Lining up for the first race, I was so nervous and so excited that I probably had a smile on my face for the first two k of the race. It was an amazing experience just getting to race, and I got home after that, and I’m like, ‘I think I can train for another four years down the road.’ That’s pretty much been my focus-I know it was amazing the last two times, so I want to do it again.
FS: Do you think you’ll be able to be a bit more relaxed this time around?
LD: I’d like to say that I would be, but it’s just so exciting being there. I think with anything, the more experience you get, the more times you go, you get more comfortable doing it. Hopeful this next time around I’ll be a little bit more relaxed-I’ve raced against all those women before-and try to be able to focus a little bit more on doing the racing part of it. I’d hope I’d be a little bit more confident. It will also help, too, that I’ve been to the Olympic courses in Whistler. I’ve raced there three or four times, I’ve been there in the summer, and I think that’s definite plus for this time around.
FS: Can you give me a little perspective on not being named to the USST this year? I read on your Web site that you were just in Utah and went for a ski with some USST coaches.
LD: It was a little disappointing not being named to the team, because they’re all great coaches and great athletes, but it wasn’t really a shock. I kind of knew it was coming. I was kind of angry for a little bit, but after a while I kind of just saw it as just another speed bump, and I knew Sten would be behind me.
I was in Utah just a couple of weeks ago and I was able to get a couple of workouts in with Pete Vordenberg and Pat Casey-that was good, and it was good to see them, and they’re totally behind me as well. I’m always welcome at training camps. They’re still willing to help me out, it’s just that it didn’t work out for me to travel with them and be on the team.
FS: Does that motivate you at all?
LD: It does a little bit. I guess I don’t have anything to prove-it just motivates me and actually is a little less pressure as well, because towards the end of the season last year I was feeling kind of tired and a little bit burnt out, and if I had a bad race it was like, ‘oh, I hope I’m still on the team.’ Now that I don’t have pressure of trying to race my way to stay on the team, I’ll be able to race for myself and be able to enjoy it a little bit. I’ll be the one kicking my butt if I have a bad race. So I think it’s just a little less pressure.
-Rest Week Photos- My Family came down to Canmore last week for…
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From snotgurgles to skiing,
things beyond and in between. A great teacher and friend now gone, never gone.
(photo: Mike Romine)From snotgurgles to skiing,
things beyond and in between. A great teacher and friend now gone, never gone.
(photo: Mike Romine)
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